FLORIDA, March 8, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com)  The Florida State Boxing Commission is considering revoking Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Fallon Foxs license after Fox confessed he was born a man.

Fox, 37, had been competing as a woman in the featherweight division and had not previously disclosed his birth sex. He was forced to reveal his secret to Sports Illustrated magazine after a journalist with knowledge of his background questioned him after winning a quarterfinal fight against Ericka Newsome. The fight lasted only 39 seconds and ended when Fox delivered a blow to Newsomes head with his knee, knocking her out.

Fox took hormones and had surgery to change his appearance to that of a woman in 2006. On his March 1 application for a Florida fighting license, he marked himself female and did not disclose his masculine origins. He also claimed to have a California fighting license. Typically, having a license in another state makes the application process faster and smoother. However, California officials said they only received an application from Fox, and it has not yet been approved.

Fox was scheduled to fight a woman April 20, but that fight has been postponed pending the outcome of the investigation into his licensing.

Foxs agent Brett Atchley said his client is upset by media coverage painting him as having calculated his sex change to achieve success in sports. The bone of contention for Fallon seems to be people characterizing [him] as dishonest and manipulating, that [he] somehow manifested [his] destiny by saying, Im going to have this operation and then Im going to be a fighter and world champion, Atchley said.

Fox is also reportedly upset by the backlash from his would-be competitors in the ring, all of whom are women weighing between 135 and 145 pounds.

Championship Fighting Alliance CEO Jorge De La Noval said women fighters have been calling him to complain. It has gotten to the point where some are saying, Im fighting her in the next round. Am I fighting a male or female? Whats the deal? he said. I told them the same thing. I'm not pulling [him] from the tournament. [He]s a female fighter and if [he] goes all the way, [he]s going to be my champion and Im very proud of [him]. Its just a matter of time before we see how this plays out.

De La Noval was previously unaware that Fox was born a man, but he said he hopes the FSBC allows him to return to the ring as a woman.

[He] has a license by the Florida State Boxing Commission as a female; [he]s going to stay in the tournament, De La Noval told ESPN.com. [He]s a female fighter to us. And were standing behind [him] when it comes to that. We're not going to kick [him] out of the tournament. [He]s going to continue fighting for CFA.

Added De La Noval, It wouldn't be fair to cut [him] out of the tournament now. Theres a lot of money on the line for [him] that [he] needs. [He]s a great fighter.

De La Noval said he couldnt imagine the FSBC revoking Foxs license.

As a promoter, obviously everyone who comes into my office, what I see is a fighter, De La Noval said. I don't ask anyone what their sexual preference is. What they do with their personal life is not my business. [He]s a sweet girl...And where we stand as a company is that [he]s a female. [He] has an Illinois driver's license [as a female]. [He]s a female and [he]s definitely a fighter. I just dont see how anybody can revoke [his] license.

FSBC officials are holding rules workshops next week, at which they plan to address the issue of transgender fighters.

The commission is in the process of updating its rules for professional MMA events, and this particular topic will be part of our workshops on March 15, FSBC spokeswoman Sandi Copes Poreda said. We'll have additional information about the rules workshops after its completed.

The issue of transgender athletes has been receiving increasing attention as gender reassignment surgery becomes more common. In California, controversy arose when a 68, 50 year-old man played college basketball on a womens team shortly after his sex-change surgery.

South African Olympic runner Caster Semenya received international attention when the International Association of Athletics Federation had her submit to gender testing, suspecting she may have been lying about her sex. The results of that testing were never released, but the IAAF cleared her to return to competition in 2010.

There may be some who suspect he changed secession just to be a he/she champ. But that’s really beside the point. Sometime after he decided to pretend he’s a woman he started fighting women, despite knowing he’s not a woman. That’s the issue. Let’s assume it wasn’t the plan before it happened. But at some point it did happen, and he basically committed fraud.

By the way, is Andy Kaufman’s inter-gender wrestling title still up for grabs? Maybe that’s the sport for him.

The issue of transgender athletes has been receiving increasing attention as gender reassignment surgery becomes more common. In California, controversy arose when a 68, 50 year-old man played college basketball on a womens team shortly after his sex-change surgery.

I would look into its college records. Supposedly according to NCAA rules a "student athlete" has just 6 years to complete 4 years of eligibility. If the 50-year-old pervert ever registered for so much as 1 semester 6 or more years ago, then it should lose all eligibility to play collegiate sports. If it lied on its college application, it should be expelled from its school.

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posted on 03/08/2013 10:25:56 PM PST
by Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)

If these “transgenders” are equal to their wannabe sex, then why don’t we hear about the female-to-male types pulling these stunts in order to compete in male athletics, hmmmmm? The self-loathing wymyn and misogynist sickos pushing for women in combat want women to die.

Maybe the solution for the MMA is a quota system. For any “girl” tranny to participate, a “male” tranny must play with the regular boyz.

Of course being mental they might just do that... the grotesque irony being that a fauxmale fighter would likely win because normal male athletes would not want to hit a girl.

Olog-hai, you got it right about the hyper-misogyny. What kind of animal hates women so much that he’d transgender himself in order to punch womens’ lights out? Okay, maybe he’d be of use on The View, but still...

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posted on 03/09/2013 12:12:43 AM PST
by Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)

I don't see a problem.... after all we're to understand that women can fight just like men in COMBAT. Well guess what honey.... stepping in a ring with rules and referee is a lot EASIER than combat.

hahahahahahaha.

I love the libs who always spout about how "some" women could actually fight a man and win. Well here's a great example of a guy whose balls were cut off, only weighs 145 and beat down another woman in 39 seconds. Imagine if he'd of had a knife.

If this were the other way around the story would be about the sexist world we live in where a girl isn’t allowed into a mans sport.

If you just cut your junk off and don’t have some extenuating circumstance for doing so then I think being barred from competing against real women is just fine. We don’t let Dad’s play on their sons little league teams.

Why don’t we just let the transgenders compete against each other? Unless said person is born with both sets of organs, male and female, then whatever they were born with is what they are, no matter whether or not they are castrated, neutered, spayed or whatever. One is what one is. Until such time as the DNA can be changed permanently, one is what one is.

I love the libs who always spout about how "some" women could actually fight a man and win.

And they're right. One swift kick could be enough.

I agree with the points about how disgusting this is, right up there with bug chasing and gift giving and all of this other crap that we're being told to accept as normal. But pretending women can't hurt men is not only delusional, but has led to policies like the VAWA that basically ignore female violence against males.

The girls on the LPGA would squash all but the top 2000 men golfers in the world. Because there are so few transsexuals, there might be 1 or 2 ( or zero) who could compete in the LPGA.

The only place a man or transsexual might have an advantage is off the tee. The girls are hitting about 240 with the top players hitting about 265-280. Most male college players are hitting about that far with the pros on the tour hitting about 310.

It is not going to that much of an advantage to be transsexual on the LPGA. Especially since 3/4 of the game is about accuracy on the approach shots and consistency in the short game.

If “it” was born male, then “it” is still male. It may be a surgicaly mulitated male, but a male none the less. Don’t fall for the trap. God created two sexes, male and female. When one is born, one is born either male or female. When one dies, one dies as either a male or female.

".....It has gotten to the point where some are saying, Im fighting her in the next round. Am I fighting a male or female? Whats the deal? he said. I told them the same thing. I'm not pulling [him] from the tournament. [He]s a female fighter and if [he] goes all the way, [he]s going to be my champion and Im very proud of [him]. Its just a matter of time before we see how this plays out.

How low the mighty have fallen.And how degenerate the proud have become. As far as how this plays out. It will not play out well and it will not play out good. .......

Hust wait until Joe Chink or some other enemy charges one of the women in hand to hand combat with a rifle and attached bayonet to run through her guts and she will learn the hard way that there is a difference.

The Viet Gong at one time thought that there was no difference , but after a number of times their women fighters coming out second best in hand to hand combat with Americans, they stopped their women fighters from engaging in hand to hand combat with americans. Except in dire emergencies.

They don’t want women to die, necessarily. What I think it’s all about, aside from pure, stupid egalitarianism, is that they want women generals and women chiefs of staff. That women will die in the process is incidental.

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